Thanks for the tips all. Seems like the best option (aside from talking to my neighbors...) is to just toss it out there and see what happens. I understand it'll probably not be great on 160, but maybe it'll get me something on 80.
Sean WA1TE On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 3:37 PM Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > What George said! > > Dan W8CAR > CWOPS #1220 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 2:00 PM > To: Sean Waite > Cc: topband > Subject: Re: Topband: Unterminated WOG/BOG > > Hi All, > > IMHO, 150 feet of beverage for 160 is too little. > > I would prefer a pennant or flag loop antenna aimed at Europe. It works! > > Also, being only about 30 feet in length, one can keep it on one's > property. At a previous QTH I spaced two pennants 160 feet apart, > broadside, toward Europe and either fed them to a magic tee in phase. > Worked well, did not pick up neighbor's spurious signals from home > entertainment devices, etc. > Even a single pennant works well enough, as long as one has a decent > preamp. > > George, K8GG > > > > I've discovered that the woods off the corner of my property give me a > > good > > straight run where I could run a 150' or so beverage pointed directly at > > EU. > > > > The difficulty is...it's not my property there, but a wooded area > > connected > > to a neighboring apple farm. It isn't being used, but it's still a little > > shady to run an antenna there. > > > > I was thinking of getting something like this > > https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/svp-sv-bog and running a wire into > > the > > woods. > > > > The difficulty is that these seem to want to be terminated at the far > end, > > but I've seen people talking about using them unterminated. Given this > > isn't my land, I'd rather not drive a ground rod on the far end - we also > > have pretty rock soil and getting the rods into the ground is a bear. > > > > -Can I only have a ground rod at the near (feed) end and just leave the > > far > > end unterminated? > > -If I ran a longer wire, but zig zagged it how would that affect the > > receive ability? > > > > I figure a black length of wire laying on the ground will go basically > > un-noticed and be out of the way. Any thoughts? > > > > Sean Waite, WA1TE > > _________________ > > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
